Frank M. Bowen, Kathy Reeves Bracco, Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney, Richard C. Richardson, Jr. and William Trombley
This report highlights the major findings from a national study on state higher education governance. It also provides information on the study methodology and research design. The study asked how states differ in the design of their governance structures, what differences in performance are related to choices of governance structures, and how structure affects the strategies available to state policy makers with regard to its higher education system.
Kathy Reeves Bracco
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the literature related to the governance, structure and organization of higher education.
Spring 1997 (Technical Paper 97-13) ED 412873
Richard C. Richardson, Jr.
Florida Case Study Summary
Spring 1997 (Technical Paper 97-14) ED 412867
Joni E. Finney
Georgia Case Study Summary
Spring 1997 (Technical Paper 97-15) ED 412870
Kathy Reeves Bracco
Illinois Case Study Summary
Spring 1997 (Technical Paper 97-16) ED 412868
Richard C. Richardson, Jr.
Michigan Case Study Summary
Spring 1997 (Technical Paper 97-17) ED 412869
Kathy Reeves Bracco
New York Case Study Summary
Spring 1997 (Technical Paper 97-18) ED 412871
Patrick M. Callan and Frank Bowen
Texas Case Study Summary
Spring 1997 (Technical Paper 97-19) ED 412872
Kathy Reeves Bracco
at Monterey Bay
William Chance
This report traces the state decision-making process that led to the development of California State University, Monterey Bay at the Fort Ord complex. It also examines the state planning process for new campuses and the political contexts in which exceptions to this process have been made.
Lawrence Gladieux, Tracy Hartzler Toon and Watson Scott Swail
This report updates a 1994 Center study prepared by the College Board, Trends in Student Aid: California. The 1997 report presents data from 1990 to 1996 concerning the amount and types of financial assistance available to help students pay tuition, room and board, and other costs of attending college in California. Among the report's major findings are: The affordability of higher education continues to be a major problem for California students and families; and the state needs to develop a state policy to guide student aid.
This paper, published as an insert to CrossTalk, is based on a statewide roundtable on the finance of higher education in California. A wide range of leaders in California attended the roundtable discussions.
Two essays are included in this report. The first, The Price of Passive Resistance in Financing Higher Education, by Brian Roherty, describes the overall health of public finance and the likely changes in state budgets as a result of shifting intergovernmental responsibilities. The author describes the future of higher education finance at the state level within the broad context of these changes.
The second essay, The Changing Landscape: Higher Education Finance in the 1990s, by David Breneman and Joni Finney, outlines national trends in the finance of higher education by revenue source. The authors also describe the major changes in higher education finance in five major states, basing their finding on the series of in-depth case studies listed directly below.
Financing Higher Education in Five States, 1990 to 1995.
The series of five papers listed below reports on higher education finance from 1990 to 1995 in California, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota and New York. These case studies examine the overall revenue structure of each state and trends in higher education appropriations, student financial aid, tuition, etc. The studies also describe state and institutional policy responses to finance changes during the time period studied.
California: Financing Higher Education Amid Policy Drift, 1990
to 1995
Mario C. Martinez and Thad Nodine
Florida: Protecting Access and Anticipating Growth, 1990 to 1995
Yolanda Sanchez-Penley, Mario C. Martinez and Thad Nodine
Michigan: Fiscal Stability and Constitutional Autonomy, 1990 to 1995
April 1997 (Technical Paper 97-5)
Mario C. Martinez and Thad Nodine
Minnesota: Uncertainty in a Time of Constrained Resources, 1990 to 1995
April 1997 (Technical Paper 97-6)
Joan E. Sundquist
New York: Politics and the Funding of Higher Education, 1990 to 1995
April 1997 (Technical Paper 97-7)
Kathy Reeves Bracco and Yolanda Sanchez-Penley
John Immerwahr
Enduring Values, Changing Concerns revisits many of the same issues discussed in The Closing Gateway through another statewide sample of opinions. This report shows which attitudes endured from 1993 to 1997, and which changed in response to new developments in the state.
This essay, published as an insert to CrossTalk, is drawn from a national roundtable discussionwhich included national and state higher education leaderson the public and private finance of higher education.
William Zumeta with John Fawcett-Long
This paper highlights recent information relevant to California concerning policies in other states that are designed to guide undergraduate students to in-state private colleges or universities or to out-of-state institutions.
This resource guide is intended to serve as a reference manual with further details concerning how the Center developed the strategies outlined in the Shared Responsibility report.
This major report provides the Center's first plan for preserving educational opportunity and quality over the next decade in California. It recommends actions and polices to assure opportunity for education and training beyond high school, while maintaining and improving quality and reducing cost per student.
William Doyle
This paper provides a summary of data concerning California's college students.
William Doyle
This paper provides an annotated bibliography of articles, reports and books related to higher education finance.
This essay, published as an insert to CrossTalk, reports on the University of California Board of Regents and its governance of the UC system.
David W. Breneman, Leobardo F. Estrada and Gerald C. Hayward
The authors examine several enrollment projections for higher education in California and draw conclusions about which projections best fit the state's objective of maintaining educational opportunity in California.
William Pickens
This report traces California higher education spending since 1960. The report describes the lack of policy direction with regard to higher education in California. A critical problem facing the state is that traditional measures for determining the amount of supportbased on fundamental state goalshave been abandoned without new measures put in place.
Lawrence Gladieux and Jacqueline King
This report documents the major sources of financial aid (federal, state and institutional) for California students from 1990 to 1994.
John Immerwahr with Jill Boese
Based on interviews with 29 California leaders regarding their views of higher education, the Public Agenda Foundation highlights major findings, including a concern that the policy discussion in higher education and the state has become insulated and ineffective.
David W. Breneman
David Breneman of Harvard University calls on Governor Pete Wilson to declare a "state of emergency" to repair some of the damage done to California's public higher education system by the budget cuts of recent years.
Jack McCurdy and William Trombley
After three consecutive years of state budget cuts to California Community Colleges, the authors conclude that state disinvestment and ineffective state planning have closed the doors of the community colleges to thousands of Californians.
Patrick M. Callan
This essay is based on a speech delivered at the Conference of the California Association of Institutional Research (CAIR) in 1994.
This newsletter attempts to answer a series of questions about the "Three Strikes" law, its costs, its possible modifications, and its likely impact on affordable higher education in California.
Clark Kerr
Based on a speech given in October 1993, the author proposes a course of action for the future of higher education in California.
Jack Miles
This essay argues that faculty at major universities, facing a massive "assault on faculty research time," have the opportunity to "co-opt the revolution" by replacing the current model for funding university research with the model presently used by publishing houses.
This report describes nine recommendations to address California's dramatic enrollment growth over the next 15 years, and a decline in state resources to support higher education.
Jack McCurdy
Provides an interpretive summary of a symposium of community college trustees, administrators and other higher education leaders to discuss the Commission on Innovation's statewide report.
John Immerwahr and Steve Farkas
The Public Agenda Foundation reports the results of a statewide survey of Californians to better understand public values and expectations for higher education.
Jack McCurdy and William Trombley
The impact of two successive years (199192 and 199293) of budget cuts on the California State University and the University of California are described in this report.
Dennis P. Jones, Ronald G. Parker and Peter T. Ewell
A technical paper, prepared by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), provides the statistical basis for By Design or Default?
Patrick M. Callan and Joni E. Finney
In light of enormous projected enrollment growth in California, this report identifies questions that should be considered for designing the future of higher education.
William Chance
By analyzing the coverage of four top newspapers in California over a one-year period, this report provides insight into news and editorial coverage of higher education.
William Trombley
The report analyzes the process through which policy decisions are made, using the 199293 decision to raise fees for students with baccalaureate degrees.
Patrick M. Callan
The report describes a policy vacuum in higher education, citing the decisions by higher education leaders and state officials to raise student fees for the 199394 academic year.